Duke  University   Libraries 
The  race  in  Dix 
Conf  Pam  q#130 


"ifibck.  jrl^&lOSes  xx^r  joxjslxjs. 


BY   R  .P.    rOliTKlL 


Gum?  a]'  L-.'M'i  ;j: ■•  pie  groat  und  Small, 

Let's  sina  .  diil  befal 

r  .    Ymi — tilt  Yin,  —the  Yankee  men  in  D 
01  '  '  if,  in  p'uun  mi     i' 

Derlaied  to  Riul.nn  in  i  lie  would 

Ami  have —  nnil  l.ivi; — n'nil  lime  a  rac    in  ' 
Let's  inarch  away  to  Dixie, 
A  way  I  A  way  ! 
Tin'  rebel  band  shall  leave  the  land, 
Thai  ?  ithered  down  in  Dixie, 
Away  I  a  way  I 
Let's  sob  ili  ■  race  in  Dlxii . 

Fmni  Washington,  nh.  glorious  I.  nl 
The  Yankee  gills  and  men  did  run 

To  >,,. ,._t,,  „.,._:,,  see  the  race  in  Dixie, 
And  tome  they  went  with  banm  i  ■  fine, 
ome  they  uai  i  ied  uakeS  mid  w  ine, 
Tn  mi — t"  eat— to  eal  and  di  nk  lb  Dixie. 
Let's  march,  they  cried,  lu  Dixie, 
A»  ay  !  A  way  1 
Oh,  sadly  they  did  rue  thi  day 
They  wenl  w  itli  ai  ins  and  flags  so  gay, 
Away  I  Away  I 
To  i  u 

Ola  Lincoln  91  ni  young  Bod  hJ*  son, 

And  all  his  <    ■  Bull   K  in, 

•■ — to  sec — tu  see  Che  race  in  Dixie, 
Mi'  9.  W  il  '"ii   md  Ikv  pap  were  ihere, 
Ami  sweet  "  .  marched  in  tlie  rear. 

To  plan  1 — tophi  il  mi  tlie  stripes  in  Dixie. 

Away  I    \  I       I  for  Dixie! 
Av  !,,  I  A  win  1 

1    III  ;  they'll  Tii-ver  fight, 

The  rebel  to  flight, 

Away  !  Aw,,\  I 
Well  ru.i  them  out  o(  Dixiel 

They  planted  cannon  "n  the  hill. 
In  hope  mud)  rebel  blood  to  spill. 

An.;.  A  u  jv  away  down  there  in  Dixie. 
Bm  b  '  m,  true, 

k  Ami  Bm  low,  B      Bnd       iei  -.  too 

Were  there — were  Cere — were  there  to  f  gin  for 
Li.  xu — 

••  Let'd  Bgft,"  i.  '  lor  Dixie." 

A  way  I  Away  I 
A  lyranl  band  invades  our  Ian  1, 
Ou  Dixie  let  us  take  out  i-taud, 
Hurrah  I  Hurrah! 
We  1  live  ami  die  in  Dixie. 


Before  the  setting  of  the  sun. 
Thai  noble  battle  il  was  wen 

l!v  Sou— by  Son — by  Southern  boys  .it  Dixie. 
Oli   [huuaofids  who,  at  morning  light, 
Had  marched  so  piomliy  10  (he  Bjr/it, 

Were  K  —were  ly—  were  lying  dead  o«  Dixie. 
Ob  1  lar  away  in  Dixie. 
Away  I   Away  I 
Tin  11  men  of  might,  that  bloody  night, 
Who  were  not  slain,  all  t"ok  to  flight, 
Away  I    Away  I 
And  ran  away  from  Dixie. 

And  South  Carolina,  she  was  there, 

Willi  Georgia  boys  the  fa to  share, 

Of  stan — of  Stan — ol  standing  last  by  Dixie.; 
And  Alabama  t. v  the  side 
Ol  Louisiana,  poured  b  tide 
01  ii ee    "i  free — ol  freemen's  blood  lor  Dixie. 
Iluii  ,ih  I   Hurrah  I   tor  Dixie, 
A  way '  A  way  I 
For  sons  "who  died  that  glorious  day  I 
Old  fathers  with  their  lodes  so  grey, 
A  way  1    A  way  I 
Ai..  .•..me  to  ti<-bt  for  Dixie. 

Let  millions  of  the  Hessians  come, 
At  bugle  sound  and  roll  of  drum, 

We'll  ,i,l  —  we'll  ml— we'll  rally  all  Cor  Dixie. 
For  wives  and  children,  homes  and  friends, 
He  nobly  dies  who  these  defends, 
Awayl  Away!  far  off  in  Dixie. 
Hurrah!   Hurrah)  for  Dixie, 
Away  I  Away  I 
The  hoards  that  boast  on  Dixie  soil 
To  glut  their  lust  and  reap  the  spoil, 
For  ayel  for  aye  1 
Shall  die  and  rot  "on  Dixie. 

Now,  let  us  sing  the  glorious  song, 
Ol  those  who  go  t'avengethe  wrong 

01  Yau  —  it  Van—  ot  Yankees  down  in  Dixie. 
Let's  siug  to  all  on  Dixies  side, 
And  shed  a  tear  for  those  who  died 

In  die— m  tin — in  the  great  right  for  Dixie. 
Hurrah  I   Hurrah  I  for  Dixie. 
Dm  rah!    Hurrah  I 
We'll  drive  old  Lincoln's  hireling  band, 
From  Southern  seas  aud  Southern  strand, 
Awayl   Away! 
Or  die,  each  one,  iu  Dixitw 


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